Columns

Let’s unleash the entrepreneur

I started my first business in the 5th grade when I convinced a neighbor to allow me to cut her grass with her electric lawn mower.
That project ended in immediate failure.

From cypress logs to high-flying flags

One of my gifts under the tree last Christmas was a tee shirt inscribed with the question: “Have you ever noticed how many towns are named after their water tower?”

More focused than ever at 60!

“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
Those are the clever words of British humorist Terry Pratchett, who couldn’t have explained the aging process more succinctly.

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be brainless

Millions of young women dream of being honored on Mother’s Day.
Millions of others know in their hearts that they don’t want to have children, or at least not on someone else’s timetable.

A few random observations

I never had the Easter Bunny pegged for a PR flack, but he can now add it to his CV.

Louisiana Survey is revealing

Last week, the annual “Louisiana Survey” was released by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication. The survey, actually a poll and analysis thereof by the school’s lefty professoriate, was the 20th conducted in a series dating back to 2003.

Sudden illness ended captain’s career

Hinckley Street and the century-old Hinckley house in the old St. Landry Parish town of Washington are reminders that Oramel Hinckley was one of the most significant steamboat captains in the heyday of Bayou Courtableau.

Dreaded mask mandate makes a comeback

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney has issued another edict. As of Monday, everyone who wanders into a public indoor space in the city must wear a mask. Or to put it in Biblical terms, So Let It Be Fastened, So Let It Be Worn.

Earth Day 2022 – All about balance

The Earth rotates on its axis, just one example, though quite important to our existence, that the Earth is all about balance. Throughout our lives, we continually seek balance – whether work and family or activity and rest.